Orchidflower
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Can someone explain to me why so many men (and it's never the women) commit suicide when their company is going down? OK, maybe the company's losses began under their watch, but I don't and never have gotten it.
All my life I have heard of men throwing themselves out of windows when the 1929 Stock Market Crash occurred. But why commit suicide over losing money? Is starting over with nothing THAT horrible of an experience? Is their pride so great they can't take the loss of status?
There have been quite a few suicides during this horrid down market cycle already as I see them in the Wall St. Journal more than I care to. I've lost enough during this crash to live on the rest of my life, but suicide? Fat chance, and it wouldn't even occur to me. I may live in DelusionalWorld, but I figure I lost it, so I can make it back again someday with effort and study. And, if nothing else, I can do something else and survive.
Can one of the men explain why a seemingly normal, healthy man would commit suicide over a big loss? This pattern seems to be repeating during this crash way too often. Talk about hopeless people...
I just do not get it.
Freddie Mac official found dead in apparent suicide
All my life I have heard of men throwing themselves out of windows when the 1929 Stock Market Crash occurred. But why commit suicide over losing money? Is starting over with nothing THAT horrible of an experience? Is their pride so great they can't take the loss of status?
There have been quite a few suicides during this horrid down market cycle already as I see them in the Wall St. Journal more than I care to. I've lost enough during this crash to live on the rest of my life, but suicide? Fat chance, and it wouldn't even occur to me. I may live in DelusionalWorld, but I figure I lost it, so I can make it back again someday with effort and study. And, if nothing else, I can do something else and survive.
Can one of the men explain why a seemingly normal, healthy man would commit suicide over a big loss? This pattern seems to be repeating during this crash way too often. Talk about hopeless people...
I just do not get it.
Freddie Mac official found dead in apparent suicide